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Driftwood Films is about connecting with amazing people and capturing their magical stories in lifetime mementos. Taking this personalized approach ensures that the final cinematic delivery feels unique to you and your loved ones and that we've all had a wonderful time watching your story unfold.
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2016 'Best of Weddings'
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Driftwood Films is one of the best videography and photography company on Maui hands down. Before getting married, I would watch their short quick edits of previous weddings, whic...
h made me cry like a baby. These guys know how to make your special day even more special. This was the most important expense I wanted to invest in as it is the only thing I have to look back on my wedding day. They are friendly, easy to work with, and are amazing at what they do. You just tell them what you're looking for and they will make it come to life. I'm so thankful I chose Driftwood Films to capture our special day.
These guys are amazing! Yukio and Ryota know what they are doing. The quality of the video and the music they select make for a perfect film. My husband and I met with them a few d...
ays prior to the wedding to go over the timeline. They explained specific details, such as putting the ring on, cake cutting and different poses. These guys are so fun to work with, they felt like close friends to us. We can't thank them enough for the wonderful memories we'll always remember.
DREAM TEAM!!!! We are so glad we had Yukio, Ryota, and Dawn capture our wedding day - I cannot express enough how happy we are with our wedding videos and just the overall experien...
ce we had working with their team. Emails were always answered promptly, which is much appreciated when trying to plan a wedding from afar. Not only is their team professional, but very personable and I could tell how much they care for their clients from the first moment we met over coffee to discuss videography details. I thought it was so nice that they took time out of their day to meet with my mom and I just days before the wedding to find out what sentimental aspects of the wedding we definitely wanted to be captured and other details such as wedding video style, music, etc. The quality of the videos were fantastic and their team went above and beyond what we expected to capture all of the important moments during our wedding day and even stayed late (exceeding the booked time), which I thought was very thoughtful. I was debating whether I should get a videographer at the beginning of my wedding planning and now I am so happy I did! :)
When I started planning my wedding, I knew right away that I wanted to have this amazing team be a part of it. Our wedding video turned out even better then we could have imagined....
They already were booked for my wedding day, but they still made it happen by calling upon their friends at Ohana Films to have them film our wedding and Driftwood to do the editing. We were so touched by the level of care they all showed us by going above and beyond for us. The final video came out even better then we could have imagined capturing all of the moments we never want to forget. This was truly the best night of our lives! Thank you to all of you! The number one thing that I recommend to anyone getting married is to have videography, and this team is truly the greatest!
While we watched our bill pile higher and higher in wedding planning, my wife and I sat a few seconds on the fence while planning our wedding on hiring a videographer at all. But f...
rom the moment we met Yukio, Ryota, and Dawn, we knew we were getting an all star three-person team for a very reasonable price of one for our wedding. While naturally stressed shopping and planning for the event, they had my wife and I at ease as they had full coverage of our special day, while blending in to the background on the day-of.
The final product they had delivered was everything we wanted and more. At the end of the day, it was such a joy working with them on our little project and it showed that this group truly wanted our happiness more than money accounts for -- which is why we highly recommend you consider Driftwood for your dream Hawaiian wedding.
One of the things that impressed us most when we first met Yukio, Ryota and Dawn was the amount of time they spent on figuring out what we wanted out of our wedding video. They are...
personable, attentive and go the extra mile. We even had a meeting a couple days before the wedding in order to figure out final details. We mentioned we wanted to do the mannequin challenge and it turned out so well they ended up posting an edited version the next day to our pleasant surprise. We just got our highlight video and I've already watched it like 20 times. It brings me right back to that one great and special day. The way it was edited was outstanding. It's clever, the shots they used to go with our vows or the music, and especially the intro! Thank you so much for capturing our big day!
Driftwood Films is so amazing and this squad deserves more than 5 gold stars! We had the pleasure of booking them to film our destination wedding in Maui and we couldn't be happier...
. Every single member of the team was great, fun, professional, and talented. Driftwood Films was so accommodating when we needed to shift our timeline for our wedding. We love love Dawn for always answering our questions in a timely manner and for making sure everything ran smoothly. I would highly recommend Driftwood Films!
Absolutely incredible! This company was professional, kind, and extremely talented. The highlight reel was phenomenal. HIGHLY recommend. Best investment of my wedding that day....
Thank you!
The team at Driftwood films was amazing to work with! They were the nicest, most professional people. They did their job the day of our wedding so well, I hardly knew they were the...
re! They captured so much great footage of our wedding day and our finished edited video was the perfect way to re-live such a special event that went by way too fast! We could not be happier with the finished product!
From the start of the wedding planning process I knew Videography was a "MUST" do on my list. I honestly had two different videography companies in mind. It was a really tough deci...
sion to make. However, Driftwood Films unique work caught my eye more than the other, so I knew I had to hire them for my special day =) During our first meeting together, we instantly connected and they gave excellent advice. Dawn, the operations manager was always responsive to all my emails and questions that I had. They were also, patient and understanding with all the last minute changes especially during the night of the wedding. No words can express how thankful and blessed my husband and I are to have met Dawn, Yukio and Ryota. Last ,but not least, the wedding video came out sooooo beautiful! It really touched our hearts and we are just blown away! You folks captured many priceless moments that we thought we would never see. Hands down you guys are the "BEST" wedding videographers on Maui! We highly recommend them. Trust me you won't be disappointed!
-Mr/Mrs Fro Afaga
Love Driftwood Films!! I had a very small wedding in Hawaii and wanted it to be documented so I can show family and friends at home. I contacted them and they seemed to have such a...
good price for the quality. Some of the other videographers were either outrageous in price or their films looked very low quality. When I contacted Driftwood, I immediately knew I had to have them. I had many questions for them, and Dawn always answered right away. I met them the day of the wedding and I think they immediately knew how to document my day, although we had a small crowd, it was rowdy one. I had them do a speed edit so I can show my friends and family at my home reception, and they had it done quickly and it was AMAZING! Everyone cried and laughed. They even threw in a fun ending that encapsulates our personalities. Hire this videographer!
They were awesome. Worked with them for a year and a half. Been in communication with them with questions and answered right away. They were fun and made us very comfortable. E...
ven though I sent them to the wrong hotel, haha, my fault, they still made it fun and the work they did, unbelievable. VERY HAPPY AND VERY SATISFIED!!!! MAHALO NUI LOA!!!!!!!!
We were married in December and I am only leaving a review now-- why? Because I have been watching our wedding video over and over from Driftwood Films!!! What can I say about them...
, not only are they professional, flexible, and amazing to work with but they are truly a unique team. Thats right a team- you don't just get one person you get a team consisting of Yukio, Ryota and Dawn. They go above and beyond and also want to meet you prior so they can get a better idea of who you are and portray that in your video. We went back and forth on if we should get video or not for our wedding and I am so extremely happy that we did. There are so many amazing moments and memories that are captured during your wedding that you are able to keep forever with video. There were even things that I didn't even notice or remember until I watched everything back. Everything was captured so beautifully, the music, the footage just everything. I was so happy that Driftwood Films was about of our vendor team and able to be a part of our wedding day ;-)
Extremely happy with the service, the product, and the entire process with Driftwood Films. This team is amazing to work with and they take their time to understand what we were lo...
oking for and our concerns. Dawn, who is the correspondent for the team, is very quick to respond and provides very detailed and thorough answers. They're fun, dedicated, down-to-earth and really care about providing the best service along with capturing the most important moments of your day and making everything look perfect!
My husband and I knew that we wanted to hire someone to provide videography for our wedding this past summer. Having known Ryota for quite a few years, it was a no-brainer to go w...
ith him and Yukio for our special day. We met with Ryota and Yukio prior to the wedding and discussed what we wanted captured and the ideas we had. They were very easy to talk to and I knew I could contact them at anytime with questions. Ryota even came to the rehearsal the day before the ceremony in order to map everything out so he would be prepared the next day. When the big day arrived both Yukio and Ryota were there to capture all the important events...poor guys had to spend quite a bit of time with 6 girls getting ready! They were not only my videographers but at times my runners...I even sent Ryota down to the pool to remind my groom that it was time for the guys to start getting ready! Ryota and Yukio captured every special moment that day and did an amazing job with the wedding video! I could not be any happier with the outcome of the video and the job they did. If you are looking for a videographer, stop looking! These are the guys for you! :)
Dawn and his team at Driftwood is simply amazing! We had great experience working with the Driftwood videography team. Highly recommend their service.
We were planning a destina...
tion wedding in Hawaii from the East coast without knowing anything about Maui ourselves. But Driftwood's professional service took care of everything and made our big day easy and enjoyable. The final highlight video was very romantic, touching, and of high resolution quality as well. It brings us to our wedding day whenever we watch it again. Love their editing style!
They were very friendly, organized, and considerate. They reached out to us before we arrived and arranged a casual chat in Starbucks for us to meet the crew 2 days before our wedding. This was very helpful as we got to know them beforehand so that we were more comfortable with them in the big day.
They were flexible on time. As a matter of fact, they arrived early to shoot details and spent more than 5 hours (contract time) during the ceremony and reception. I should also mention that after we received the final highlight movie, we love the clip but we thought there was a part of the ceremony when my husband and I shared some words in Chinese (our native language) that was not included in the movie. Dawn was able to review their raw footage and generously offered to provide an additional clip of that to us free of charge!
All in all, Driftwood team exceeds our expectation as the wedding videography and I am grateful they helped save such precious moments of our life!
Very professional and friendly. They were able to capture mine and my wife's personalities perfectly. From the first time we met with them we knew that not only would they be able ...
to capture our special day perfectly but that they would be fun to work with. Their expertise in all aspects of videography really shown through in our multiple meetings to prep for our event. Even though my wife and I at times may not have seemed like we knew what we wanted the team at Driftwood films were able to explain how all of our ideas would work; as well as, give us additional ideas for not only the videography but also the ceremony, reception, and photography. They had great relationships with all of our other vendors which made their work and our other vendors work all mesh perfectly. After our wedding they stayed in contact with us letting us know the progress of our wedding video ( which did not take long to be edited). In addition to making an absolutely beautiful wedding video for us to look back on our special day, they made us a wonderful edit of my best man's speech and separate videos to wish both my wife and myself happy birthdays (they went out of their way to build a relationship with us). The team at driftwood are such great people and they deserve 10 stars out of 5. We are recommending them to all of our friends looking for videography. They took all the potential stress of dealing with a wedding vendor away. They are awesome people and I can't wait to hire them again.
I LOVE DRIFTWOOD FILMS!! I inquired about their services via email after a recommendation and having browsed through their website. I received a response from them within a couple ...
of hours! I really liked their work, but what pulled me in was how caring and friendly they are! They were just as excited about our wedding day as we were. They worked so well with out photographers, coordinator, and DJ. The final product was more amazing than i could have hoped for--They captured or personalities perfectly!! I get to relive that magical day every time I watch their video and it brings such a big smile to face. Our friends and families loved the video as well and they all tell me how beautifully made my wedding video is. The team at Driftwood Films are not only incredible videographers with amazing talent, but they are great people as well! It was such a pleasure working with them!!
The folks from driftwood helped me film my proposal. They did a great job capturing the moment in more detail than I even remember. You don't realize how much you miss in the mom...
ent when your brain is shut down and you're just trying to remember 4 words. Truly quality work.
Where do I even begin on how amazing this company is? Driftwood films did such a wonderful job filming our wedding! Everything turned out perfect. Our wedding was a destination wed...
ding, so there were many loved ones who couldn't be there. Instead, we got to show them our video and they felt like they were there experiencing our wedding with us! It has brought happy tears to so many people, including myself multiple times. I showed the video to some of my coworkers just the other day, along with the photo album, and they were in awe about how amazing the video was! I couldn't be happier with the work they put into making such a memorable moment in our lives last forever! I highly recommend everyone to contact this company for your wedding! It's worth every penny and more! In fact my father was so impressed he tried to throw more money at the guys! He still wants to give them more :) I loved working with these guys and I'm 100% positive you will too!
Oh my goodness, I can't even begin to express how happy we are with Driftwood Films. The whole team was so professional, sweet, kind, easy to work with but on top of it all, they ...
made us the best wedding video I have ever seen. We absolutely love it and cry happy tears every time we watch it. We had a destination wedding in Maui then had a reception back at home a month later with all of our extended friends and family that didn't make it to Maui. I had so many people come up to me and say "wow, that was the best wedding video I have ever seen." I'm so grateful for Driftwood. Planning a wedding and working with a budget can be scary when you have large expenses, but I will say Driftwood was worth every penny. We will have a beautiful wedding video and memory of our special day forever.
Thank you Driftwood Films!!!
Mahalo to these wonderful ever so talented men for capturing our special day!! The video makes you feel like you where there, and allows us to relive our day over and over again. W...
e are amazed but not surprised because from day one you guys have been killing it. Note to future clients move your wedding day if they're not available trust me you will not regret it!! We moved ours, my husband and I couldn't be more thankful and blessed. Driftwood films we Love you guys!!
Having known Yukio, Dawn and Ryota for many years and seeing their beautiful work first hand, hiring Driftwood for my wedding was a no-brainer. I do not have enough words to attest...
to the kind of people they are and the level of professionalism and talent they bring. They met with us beforehand to make sure we were comfortable and to customize our day. We had them video our reception as well and had to force them to stop working just so we could feed them! They were so patient not just with us but with all of our friends and family (including our dog!) Their attention to detail was unbelievable. When my husband and I watched our video back we saw they captured things that we otherwise never would have seen or noticed and for that I am forever grateful. They treat you as family and in return you cannot help but invite them into your lives to do the same. The experience you will have with this company is priceless!
Yukio and Dawn are amazing. They talk you through what they will do and what to expect. They made us a amazing video that allowed us to remember each little detail of the day. We c...
an't thank them enough. I barely remember them there as they got their shot without being intrusive or noticeable throughout the day/night. They worked with my other vendors nicely and I love the finished product.
I can't even begin to thank these guys enough. One of the most important days of your life, you want to have professionals around. These guys not only did an amazing job but they ...
made the entire experience that much better. And most importantly they made the day last. Every time I get to watch the day over again I'm so very grateful for having them there.
We could not be more thankful for the videography that Driftwood Films did for our wedding! We now have a beautiful keepsake that captures the magic of our ceremony and reception. ...
Plus, Yukio and Ryota are incredibly sweet and kind. They worked well with out photographer and blended right in throughout the day. These guys clearly take great pride in their work and have great attention to detail.
WOW.... Amazingly talented gentlemen! So beautifully done and so much fun to work with. That day was perfect... and you guys captured just how perfect it was. Thank you so much for...
this gift that we now have to enjoy, share, and look back on for the rest of our days. I wish I could have another wedding just to do it all over again. We will definitely be using driftwood films again when we renew our vows in a few years. Thank you so much !
We cannot say enough about how Driftwood Films provided us with a lasting memory that we will cherish and helped us perfectly preserve our wedding day. Without a doubt, choosing D...
riftwood as our videographer was such a rewarding decision. Yukio, Ryota and Dawn put so much care into the entire process and even met with us prior to the wedding day to make sure all of our desires would be met in our video. We were absolutely blown away with how magical they made our wedding feel through video and how watching the film takes us back to that day. We knew that our film would be meaningful to us, but every single person who has seen it has gushed over how beautiful and how poignant it is. The film and the music they chose to accompany it truly captured the emotions and the joy of the wedding, and for that we cannot thank Driftwood enough. Aside from film, the staff was so personal and friendly that while at our ceremony we felt like they were just part of the family. There is something to be said about wanting to stay in touch with our videographer even after it is all over. We can't tell you how much we enjoyed working with Driftwood Films. We wouldn't have had it any other way.
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PO Box 880983, Pukalani, HI
Driftwood Films